Diversity of religious thought should be considered

Monday

Dec 17, 2012 at 12:01 AMDec 17, 2012 at 2:09 PM

The Dec. 11 letter from Ricky Clark, which appeared under the headline, “God’s Word isn’t influenced by popular culture,” is typical of the several such letters the Times-News sees fit to publish every week. They all base their criticisms of society, culture, morals, politics, government — and of other letter writers — on their particular interpretation of the Bible, which they generally refer to as ”the Word of God.”

Would the Times-News publish a letter based on an interpretation of the Word of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM)? According to an online encyclopedia I just consulted (Wikipedia),”FSM is the deity of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a movement that promotes a light-hearted view of religion and opposes the teaching of intelligent design and creationism in public schools.”

Mr. Clark has apparently not read The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. The Flying Spaghetti Monster is known to all members of its church as the only real god, and they rely on it as the truth on the subject of Mr. Clark’s letter. I recommend that Mr. Clark read this book, or its sequel, The Loose Canon: A Really Important Collection of Words.

It isn’t only about the Christian religion, because Christianity isn’t the only religion.